A minor earthquake with magnitude 3.31 (ml/mb) was reported 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Volcano in Hawaii on Thursday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of -0.07 km (-0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -155.2624969° West, 19.4008331° North, depth -0.07 km. The temblor was detected at 11:53:33 / 11:53 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: hv70513672. Id of event: hv70513672. Global time and date of event 02/08/18 / 2018-08-02 21:53:33 / August 2, 2018 @ 9:53 pm UTC/GMT.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) from Hilo (c. 43 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Kailua (c. 12 000 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Hawaiian Paradise Park (c. 11 400 pop), 81 km (51 miles) from Waimea (c. 9 200 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Waimea, Kailua, Hōlualoa.
In the past 24 hours, there have been sixty-eight, in the last 10 days six hundred and fourty-four, in the past 30 days two thousand and fourty-five and in the last 365 days four thousand, six hundred and sixty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 4 km SW of Volcano, Hawaii.
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